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Cases like this rare rib injury,you don't risk rushing back. His health is more
important then football. The way Ben plays he can't take a chance of getting
nailed again in that area especially with the way our O line plays at times.

Yeah,I'm pissed off that we are forced to send Leftbitch out there( Wish we
had a better backup option) but like Tomlin likes to say..."It is what it is".
You know Byron will go down too,then Batch etc... These guys folded almost
like a deck of cards not too long ago when they were forced into action.

Buckle up people,things are going to get rough. Hopefully the team rallies
and can salvage the season with Ben coming back down the road.

Told everyone the other night it had to be pretty serious for Ben to at least not comeback in to play and to even leave the stadium for further tests......Really there is no point to play him the rest the season.......

Another piece to this, Ben also said today that doctors will not clear him to return until his rib is completely healed...rumors put that up to 6 weeks.

If that is the case and it takes that long we won't see him until the Bengals game, 2nd to last of the regular season.

6 weeks for a broken rib? I had a cracked rib and couldn't lift anything for a couple of months and had lingering pain on that side for like a year. I would say his season is done following this injury.

6 weeks for a broken rib? I had a cracked rib and couldn't lift anything for a couple of months and had lingering pain on that side for like a year. I would say his season is done following this injury.

a broken rib would be better than a loose dislocated one near his heart

Can you have a rib removed? and I'm not trying to be mean or selfish in any way,I'm just saying to have a dislocated rib seems like this could possibly happen again and he might not be so lucky the next time.

Can you have a rib removed? and I'm not trying to be mean or selfish in any way,I'm just saying to have a dislocated rib seems like this could possibly happen again and he might not be so lucky the next time.

I agree.....Take the rest of the year off, enjoy your baby and wife while you still can. Ben is the toughest SOB in the NFL, he's going to need some wise people to let him know he is done for the year.

If you don’t stand behind our troops.....Please feel free to stand in front of them!!!

"Give me a 6 pack, half hour of rest and lets go play them again....We can beat them."
--Jack Lambert

"They say that when you're the champs, everybody will try to beat you. Well, I'm glad we're the champs, so bring 'em on, bring 'em all on. If we die, we ain't gonna die running. It's gonna be a fight."
--Joe Greene

Over the years Ben has been a drama king with his injuries, im sure he got hurt a little but he likes to remind people he is Superman and will play through his injury

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how could anyone say he's a drama king the man has been sacked more times in 8 years than brady and manning in 13 yrs combine to me he a tough sob who has played hurt because the alternative is worse (leftwich or batch)